Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is joined by fellow House Democrats as she speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. The court was hearing a case on Wednesday that could have enormous consequences for the economy and presidential power: how much discretion President Donald Trump has to fire a member of the Federal Reserve board. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By ANN E. MARIMOW The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed poised to rej

Members of ICE and ERO, assisted by the FBI and other federal agencies perform an arrest in Miami on May 28, 2025. President Donald Trump has repatriated more than 1,600 Cubans in 2025, according to the Cuban government. That is about double the number of Cubans who were repatriated in 2024. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) By PATRICIA MAZZEI Heidy Sánchez took her 17-month-old daughter to a routine check-in last April with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Tampa, Flori

By ADEEL HASSAN With conditions treacherous on a highway in Michigan on Monday after a blast of lake-effect snow, more than 100 vehicles slipped and crashed into one another in a chain-reaction pileup, with some sliding off the interstate entirely, authorities said. Numerous injuries were reported, but no deaths, according to the Michigan State Police. The pileup, set off around 10:20 a.m., forced the closure of Interstate 196 in both directions between Hudsonville and Zeelan

President Donald Trump gestures to fans while attending the College Football Championship at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (Allison Robbert/The New York Times) By FRANCESCA REGALADO President Donald Trump proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday evening, after he was criticized by civil rights activists for breaking from tradition by failing to recognize King’s legacy or attending commemorations of the holiday. In the past, preside

Agents hold down a protester outside the Whipple Federal Building, a site of ongoing demonstrations against the federal immigration crackdown and its tactics, in Minneapolis, Jan. 11, 2026. Legal and criminal justice experts said a ruling by a federal judge last week revealed conduct by immigration agents that evokes the civil rights era. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times) By STEPHANIE SAUL A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her c

Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington, speaks at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, March 11, 2025. McElroy is among a group of clerics who have criticized U.S. foreign policy. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By RUTH GRAHAM The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement on Monday that America’s “moral role in confronting evil around the w

To deliver on President Trump’s campaign promise to deport millions of people, his administration is pushing new approaches to immigration enforcement across much of the government. By RAJ SAHA, ZACH LEVITT and ALBERT SUN To deliver on President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to deport millions of people, his administration is pushing new approaches to immigration enforcement across much of the government. Officials have closed the border to asylum-seekers. They have unleash

Customs and Border Protection agents in Los Angeles, June 12, 2025. The Department of Homeland Security was formed after 9/11 amid international terrorism threats. Now, its most visible targets are domestic. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times) By HAMED ALEAZIZ In November 2002, President George W. Bush signed a bill creating a federal agency devoted to protecting the United States. The country was still reeling from the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, and the threat o